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Deer Hunt Teaches To Never Give Up

It was 6:00 o’clock that morning. The alarm clock was making the noise of an airplane roaring through the sky. I leaped out of my bed as I was rubbing the gritty, sleepy sand out of my eyes. I did not get much sleep last night because I was so excited about the next morning…

Easton Withrow Wins GON’s Youth Shoot-Out

Easton Withrow, 10, of Cleveland, collected a $3,000 shopping spree at Adventure Outdoors after winning GON’s Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out on Sept. 26 in Madison. The Shoot-Out had originally been planned for July at the Outdoor Blast, but hosting site restrictions didn’t allow GON to hold its annual hunting show. In addition, Easton won a…

WMA Youth Hunt Special

We owe it to the WRD crew for making plenty of public-land places for kids to be exposed to hunting. Below are the charts of every youth hunt that is available for any youth 16 years old and younger. Consider the following when making plans to attend a hunt. • For quota youth hunts, the…

Second Half Of The Field Competing In GON’s Kids Shoot-Out

The annual GON Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out will take place on Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Infinite Energy Center in Gwinnett County as part of the Ag-Pro Outdoor Blast. Here’s the second half of the field of those who will be shooting for a chance to win a $3,000 shopping spree at Adventure Outdoors and…

Special Rum Creek WMA Hunt As Youth Gets Two Gobblers

My son Kasen Gurr, 14, of Danville, was selected for the Rum Creek WMA first youth quota hunt of the 2020 turkey season. I haven’t hunted turkeys much, so we had a family friend Craig Pearce ride up to do the calling for us. While standing there awaiting sunrise, we shared hunting memories of a…

First Half Of The Field Competing In GON’s Kids Shoot-Out

With the shift in dates for the Outdoor Blast, the annual GON Youth Big-Buck Contest Shoot-Out will now take place on Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Infinite Energy Center in Gwinnett County. Here’s the first half of the field of those who will be shooting for a chance to win a $3,000 shopping spree at…

June Kids’ Fishing Events Are Happening!

I’ve been behind this desk for two decades, and as long as I can remember, June was the month when most of the state’s Kids’ Fishing Events (KFEs) took place. I have been wondering what COVID-19 would do to these great events. While a number of these fishing outings have been canceled this summer, there…

Go Fish Day Camps

The Go Fish Education Center in Perry is hosting three fishing day camps this June and July. Limited space is available, and registration deadlines are quickly approaching, so be sure to register soon. Each session is three consecutive days of activities from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Kids will learn how to fish, safety tips,…

Trout In Georgia Classrooms

Before the coronavirus hit, students from the seventh grade science class at The Main Street Academy in College Park and volunteers from the Upper Chattahoochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited released 140 very large and healthy rainbow trout into the Chattahoochee River at Jones Bridge Park in Fulton County. This is the first year the school…

Teacher Takes Students To School On Duck Box Building

Blake Jeffers has done some great video work for GON, and he is also the agriculture teacher at Metter High School in Candler County. Blake has always been proactive in getting his students involved in outdoor education. “This past week I took my classes out to our local industrial park, which gets heavily used by ducks…

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